Candida Rodriguez grew up in Puerto Rico where she developed a passion for reading and writing. When she turned 16 years old, she moved to Camden, where she joined her parents and two siblings. Her passion is in writing fantasy and science fiction, but has found a home in the lyricism of poetry and is a happy member of Brigid’s Writers House in Camden.

BJ Swartz, a retired science and medical librarian, has been writing since elementary school in Haddonfield, NJ.  Her first published poem, “Mystery in the Swamp”, appeared in a 1966 thirty years later “Ode to My Gall Bladder”, her excuse for missing a writing class, was published in Stitches: The Journal of Medical Humor.

Sean Lynch, Host, An open mic will follow the featured readers.